CN1592909A

CN1592909A - Automated competitive bidding system and process

Info

Publication number: CN1592909A
Application number: CNA018140149A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 塔里克·卡里迪
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2000-06-12
Filing date: 2001-06-12
Publication date: 2005-03-09
Also published as: EP1400048A4; AU2008202580A1; AU2001268049A1; WO2001097429A3; US7430523B1; WO2001097429A2; EP1400048A2

Abstract

Utilizing the present invention, a buyer for products, services or both would prepare a bid package (750). The bid package would contain information necessary to complete the project the buyer would desire. At the buyer's option, the bid package is parceled into modules. The modules are prepared as discrete and stand-alone biddable items. The buyer then searches 'the exchange' (i.e. an integral compendium) (780) to retrieve a list of suppliers for each module. The search is made from multiple sources based on the modules and directed by the buyer's specifications for the product or service. The system of the present invention packages, processes, connects, procures, bids and reports the competitive bidding cycle for buyers and makes the necessary connection with interested prequalified sellers in a given industry or market. The sellers respond to the buyer with their qualifications and price (bid). The system receives, compiles, processes and reports the results.

Description

Automated competitive bidding system and method

Technical field

The present invention relates in general to request for quote book (RPQ) system that the buyer announces the project of open bidding.

Particularly, the system that the present invention relates to allow the buyer of product and labor service to make tender (request for bids) and accept competitive bids.

The present invention be more particularly directed to a kind of full-automatic outsourcing intermediary system of managing the competitve bidding cycle (competitive bidding cycle) in the world market.Especially, the present invention relates to a kind of packing, processing, buying, bid and to purchase: the system in seed report competitive bidding cycle, set up necessary being connected with given market area or the interested pre-qualified supplier in the industry.

Background technology

Affairs in the competitve bidding process (bidding process) generally require the known supplier that the buyer resorts to usually and the buyer had business to associate, and this is to provide the interests of the main body of service for the buyer to it.The buyer prepares a bid bag (bid package) according to the information that this main body proposes.The buyer is distributed to the supplier that it understands very much to this bid bag then, has bid, quotation or price that content is wrapped in this bid to levy in the bid bag and seeks letter (requests for bids, quotes or prices).After these known suppliers receive the bid bag, the content of examination bid bag, each supplier makes bid, quotation or the price of finishing this bid bag.The buyer handles after receiving these bids, minimum the giving out a contract for a project of bid in these suppliers then.Although this individual system has the composition of competition, therefore can be for this bid bag provide best bid, the false prerequisite of this conclusion is, has only the buyer to know or the supplier that has reason to know could carry out the content that this bid is wrapped.Yet the buyer will know that each supplier that can carry out this bid bag is unlikely.So what the buyer had received wishes that to the buyer bid of the project finished may not be best bid (not being the supplier from qualification the best).Therefore, need provide information to the buyer, what additional buyer knew will be to the known supplier's of buyer's being at war with property of project bid list.The invention provides this side information.Preparation is provided one group of known supplier that the buyer of bid bag will abandon selecting in advance to the supplier of its known list.Simultaneously, the buyer will examine and select other suppliers with exchange of the present invention (exchange).Like this, the buyer just have two groups can the bid of competing property supplier.First group is buyer's preliminary election list, and second group be the supplier that enumerates from clearing house of the present invention (noticing that supplier may repeat in these two groups).Like this, the buyer can provide the bid bag of being prepared to all suppliers in these two groups, so that strengthen the competitiveness to the bid of this bid bag.

The purchase and sale of the commodity in the most of public sector of legal requiremnt market will be carried out competitive bids.The private market also needs competitive bids, and this is a kind of effective ways that utilize capital purchase commodity and service.

The prior art of carrying out requires with manual method the dealing of commodity and service to be packed, submitted a tender and handles at present.There are many problems in these methods.These problems comprise that speed is slow, efficient is low and are subjected to the restriction in some areas.Effect of the present invention is the quantity that increases qualified suitor.Existing system up to now must be subjected to the rational restriction in ground.The prior art of carrying out requires the process that sellers also will experience in the public sphere or the private domain seeks and search for sales lead arduously at present, and successful chance is then lower.The present invention can allow sellers specific commodity and/the service provision field keeps specialized, because sellers can obtain more clue and reduce managerial cost by getting involved with minimum marketing power.The invention provides sellers and submit a tender for it, and make the special dimension (niche area) that sellers can be absorbed in them provides commodity and/or service because of this bigger region with bigger region.The invention provides buyer and all mutually beneficial characteristics of sellers both sides concerning each transaction: sellers reduce for the expense of paying that obtains RFO, this has reduced sellers' managerial cost again, the price that this can reduce commodity again, making that sellers must bid can be in the estimation range of buyer's project; Simultaneously, the buyer can carry out a project at budget limitations, even may be lower than budget and finished item.

Prior art has arrived such predicament, and promptly the buyer can not find qualified sellers, and sellers can not find suitable market.Although work or task reach finish, this also pays extra cost with the buyer is cost, and sellers usually lose sales opportunnities because can not sell in buyer's the project budget.

In order to fulfil the responsibility that the applicant discloses related art, below reflected the prior art that the applicant understood, and they have been included in herein.But be stressed that these all not have individually or be taught in hereinafter in more detail by the core of the present invention of statement and requirement in the claims or it is become apparent with the array mode that can infer with reference to quoting.

" Priceline.com " is absorbed in the little consumption market buyer who seeks sellers.Its business style is a kind of demand collection system, and this system makes the consumer can utilize the Internet to save the money of flower in product and labor service, meanwhile makes sellers can create the profit that increases gradually.The meaning of the profit of Zeng Changing is that sellers are because of bulk buying rather than indivedual retail purchase money-making gradually.In order to work, Priceline must collect each consumer's bid, (pass through credit card) thus and guarantee the bid of consumer, and this demand directly is sent to the sellers of participation or their proprietary database the price of setting by the consumer of specific products or service.The consumer agrees a period of time with their open appointment of bid, satisfies them to bid the stock that Priceline can be provided from the sellers that participate in.In case satisfy, bid generally must not be cancelled.By requiring the consumer to treat brand, sellers and/or product performance flexibly, Priceline makes sellers can create the profit that increases gradually, and does not destroy their existing channel of distribution or retail price structure.Therefore, for the sale of commodity, price is very near the real cost of per unit price.How the buyer is not sure to the result, and in other words, to obtain aircraft seat still be others because higher or reaction velocity is faster and must arrive the seat and be not sure to the bid at this seat to him or she.On the contrary, destination object of the present invention is seasoned buyer and the sellers that are registered as user of the present invention.The present invention is that the letter system is seeked the opinion of in a kind of general bid, and the buyer announces the project of open bidding in system, and they are to sellers' pre-selection qualification requirement.Qualified registration sales person is directly notified by system.Sellers can buy the bid bag from their account, and the work of announcing is submitted a tender.Work is accumulated and is turned back to the buyer in the cut-off date.In addition, the present invention provides and the relevant resource of contract tendering process (contract bid process) to its registered user.This resource comprises the discussion of industry group about standard (code) problem, finance, tax revenue, outlet/inlet, news and job opportunity.In order to use system of the present invention, it is buyer and sellers and this all will fulfil that a registration process is arranged.This registration process provides safety guarantee to the buyer, because whether the specific sellers of its checking assure perhaps have commercial guarantee.Buyer and sellers and they transaction separately falls into commercial to commerce, commercial to consumer and commercial category to government.

" eBay.com " is in numerous Auction Sites on the Internet.These Auction Site purposes are to attract the buyer to buy the given article of just being sold.It is opposite that these Auction Sites and the present invention are constituted.In the present invention, define them by the buyer and wish product or the service bought.Purchased person is considered as the quotation that qualified sellers provide product or finish institute's request service.

Below be other " ecommerce " type business of the reflection prior art state known of the applicant.

" bidfocus.com " collects data by use search engine, arrangement professional journals on WWW, also collects data from existing customer's website, then the data of collecting offered in supplier and the dealer of seeking business opportunity.

The Trading Partnership of General Electric (General Electric) is a network at internal competition purchase article, as in in-house network.

(McDonnell Douglas-Boeing internal procurement network) McDonnell Douglas-BoeingInternal Buying Networks is utilized for the inside of company and uses and the competitive supply part of buying.

" PrimeContract.com " is the function of the whole initiation of global commercial construction projects robotization electrically (sourcing), bid, adoption process by utilizing the Internet, provides competitive edge to the owner and the building constructor of construction project." PrimeContract.com " control, audit and analyze by architect, engineering and contract the required labor service of (AEC) industry (also claiming A/ECommunity) and the buying of material.By using PrimeContract.com (source) material, labor service, equipment to be provided, to share the project scheduling (share projectplans), bid on the online marketplace, buying and purchase then is so that timely faster TK project and reduction project cost." PrimeContract.com " helps building constructor to manage the supply chain of their complexity with unified process, makes the project owner can make the balance decision simultaneously between building cost and life cycle operating cost.

" Epylon.com " makes a website, is used to unite education and the buyer of government and private and the supplier of company, with convenient commercial, increases efficient and reduces cost.This website provides the comparison of products ﹠ services, makes purchasing process more efficient; Expand supplier's radix, make bid and quotation send and to receive by the electronics mode.The important buying convention of education of scrupulously abiding by of this website and government department, the rules of abiding by the law generate the detailed report that is used to audit, and support the specific price of client of the existing contract price of reflection.Assistant service provides education and government services official with the chance of uniqueness, to create a community and a forum of sharing best convention and other valuable information.For supplier, the website provides the contacting of large-scale nationwide education and the buyer's of government integrated data store, and the annual cost of these buyers is bought various products ﹠ services for more than 8,500 hundred million dollar.The website is seeked the opinion of letter (RFQ) and invitation for bids letter to supplier's notice from qualified buyer's bid by Email, increases the chance of quotation and bid, causes education and the extra sale of government organs.The website is by the robotization to the processing of the customary order of buyer, supplier's sales team freed from the service to the existing customer, and exploitation new business, and reduce the managerial cost of supplier on selling.The website is also by making supplier send acknowledgement of orders, quotation and RFQ in the electronics mode, and online migration customer service, and reduces supplier's managerial cost.The website obtains cost by making business carry out the client who reduces supplier in the electronics mode by the electronic commerce network of typing.Supplier's product and information are bought group in the electronics mode to the whole world and are announced, cause supplier's increasing profit growth and shorter sales process.The website is by providing cross-selling (cross-sell), announcing new product and the chance of carrying out the specific aim sales promotion to big purchase group to supplier, make the extension of the effort that supplier can be by the existing sales and marketing marketing of supplier support tradition to sell and marketing effort.

" Cometotrade.com " is a website, and the member puts up purchase or sells request on the website, and the network manager will interiorly at the international level search for the company that provides or buy the product of being puted up.Buyer and sellers can onlinely date, chat, bid and consult.Members can be chosen in new interested model and obtain notice when submitted.Finance, transaction and logistics that the website is provided at international trade need the aspect to help client's value-added service.

U.S. Patent number 5,243,515 (authorizing Lee on September 7th, 1993) disclose a kind of e-bidding system, and this system receives only general contractor's potential subcontractor's the bid of oral, phone or fax.System keeps this information, in the electronics mode this information is delivered to the general contractor on the predetermined date, and the report of the amount of other subcontractor's bid is delivered to each subcontractor of participating in the competition property branch bid (subbidding) process.

Below be other patent and the e-file of the state of the reflection prior art known to the applicant.

The patent No.	Authorize day	The inventor
The patent No.	Authorize day	The inventor	5,794,207	?1998.8.11	Walker etc.
6,014,644	?2000.1.11	?Erickson	5,794,207	?1998.8.11	Walker etc.
6,014,644	?2000.1.11	?Erickson	6,014,308	?2000.3.21	Walker etc.

E-file

WWW.purchasepro.com

WWW.bizbuyer.com

WWW.ariba.com

WWW.commerceone.com

Other catalogue that the prior art of more than enumerating but not specifying has instructed the miscellaneous equipment that is used for so-called " ecommerce " and applicant to know its technical merit.These reference papers and the above reference paper difference of specifically choosing are bigger.

Summary of the invention

Utilize the present invention, the buyer of product, service prepares a bid bag, to feed to potential sellers' distribution.This bid includes the required information of project that the buyer need finish.This bid bag is packaged into plurality of modules.These modules are prepared to the item (item) of independently can submitting a tender separately.The buyer searches for " exchange " (i.e. integrated composite catalog) then, to retrieve supplier's tabulation of each module.Search is carried out in multiple source according to module, and is guiding with the buyer to specifying of product or service.

System of the present invention for buyer packing (package), handle (process), call (call), obtain (procure), bid (bid) and report competitive bids cycle, and with given industry or market in the qualified sellers of interested preliminary election carry out getting in touch of necessity.System help then product that sellers need the buyer or service with and qualification make response, for buyer's examination and approval.System of the present invention comprises the combination of horizontal and vertical inlet, gateway and uniform resource locator (URL)-for example " website ", and they comprise nearly all industry, industry and market body.

System is convenient to the convenient of buyer and supplier and uses.The buyer of product or service or supplier simply by the information that relevant their tissue is provided to system registry.After buyer or supplier provide this information, buyer or supplier will be sent to a uniqueness identification number.This identification number allows buyer and sellers to utilize the unique property of system.System automatically carries out suitable contact according to product or job description that the buyer provides.When from the data of particular seller and buyer's Data Matching, the automatic response component of system is just brought buyer and sellers together.

System of the present invention provides resource to help the transaction that buyer and sellers finish products ﹠ services.For example, system can provide the suitable industry information about the foreign trade policy.Another example of many resources that system provides is, one " community " (community) part is provided, each one can be in community with specific industry in other people exchange thought and information.

With respect to the state of above-mentioned prior art, difference of the present invention mainly is:

One of the present invention is used to call for bid and accepts the very detailed and well-designed system of qualified competitive bids.For example:

The buyer can come to announce that the buyer need buy and seeking this buyer and wishing the product bought or the competitive price of service with system of the present invention globally.

The buyer can limit sellers' qualification in advance, to meet buyer's specific (special) requirements, for example, by zone, background, experience, the license type of holding, certificate or the like.

Buyer's purchase needs can be cut apart and segment to the buyer, makes the buyer can be both directly buy certain product item (item) from specific buyer, again the supply chain request other products project by stratification.The buyer can receive the compilation of the complete bid bag of report in many ways then.

The buyer can directly arrive a plurality of vertical markets of wholesale dealer or manufacturer.

The buyer can receive the bid to " increasing property option " (the additive alternative) that is called basic target (basebid) and " deduction property option " extra or less composition (component) (deductivealternative).

The buyer can directly directly reach dealer's (disclosed or pre-qualified) by electronic information asks bid.

The buyer can send annex to the recipient of original tender.

The buyer receives that to data and each bidder bid is wrapped and/or the written record of the reception of the time of the time of annex and the tender document separately that supplier (bidder) sends it back them.

The buyer can directly send the bid bag with electronic format or with hard copy format by the printer shop.

Buyer and sellers are the services pay in the different step, and only utilize required service.

Payment is safe transaction and the financial institution of system is encrypted.Financial institution can the other parts notice fund to system be available when payment is received and confirm.

There is multiple method of shutting the book in system of the present invention before payment is received and confirmed.

There is multiple fire wall in system of the present invention, and wherein the safety practice of She Zhiing can be maintained secrecy to whole purchase and sale process.

System of the present invention can not seen the information that all litiganies submit to by other people, up to specific reception bid deadline and the time.In this given moment, buyer and sellers can " desirably " touch limited report.System can generate a plurality of bid reports and consult different pieces of information for different litiganies.

The buyer that sellers can reach global range is convenient in system of the present invention.Sellers can be allowed a choice when searching the buyer.

System of the present invention allows sellers to get in touch with the buyer at any time, to accept the annex of extra information or given bid bag.

System of the present invention allows sellers that specific price is only selected specific service.

System of the present invention allows to show advertisement.

System of the present invention retrieves, compares and selects the required product that meets buyer stable sellers' explanation, attribute and price or the bid of service.

System of the present invention can be with the multilingual presentation information.

In a word, system of the present invention can be any amount of in any step service: level (n level); Module (n module); Supplier (n supplier); Criterion of acceptability (n criterion of acceptability); Any in the world country (n country) and any interpretive language (n kind language).

Industrial usability

Industrial usability of the present invention will represent by following discussion to purpose of the present invention.

An object of the present invention is to provide a kind of automation process, be used for serving project, the products ﹠ services bid competitively (bid out) of commerce to commerce, commercial commercial field to government and commercial both privately and publicly owned department to the consumer.

Another object of the present invention is to help the buyer to call for bid more intelligently and more effectively, increases the demand to supplier's products ﹠ services simultaneously exponentially.

Another object of the present invention provides a kind of competitive bids cycle, and it is the most effective economical method of the products ﹠ services that provide to both privately and publicly owned department with capital purchase.

Another object of the present invention provides a kind of automatic competitive bidding service, satisfies business to business, business to government, and enterprise is to the service of consumption market.

Another object of the present invention is that bid and procurement service are provided in horizontal and vertical two kinds segment market, and some segments market and comprises: electric power, telecommunications, medical treatment, hi-tech, iron and steel, generating, infrastructure and communications and transportation.

Another object of the present invention is to the buyer of the wide area network that utilizes the computing machine spread all over and telecommunications in the industrial state of today and tomorrow and competitve bidding service and the procurement strategy that sellers provide robotization.

Another object of the present invention is the specific aim clue of sellers (supplier, seller, manufacturer, wholesale dealer or the like) products ﹠ services is separately warned them to serve them by directly using.

Another object of the present invention provides the assistant service of timely help buyer packing and issue information on bidding.

Another object of the present invention is to sellers' data tracking, record and the assistant service of reporting to the buyer at bidding phase.

Another object of the present invention is to provide selection to prospective tenderer's (sellers) prequalification to the buyer.

Another object of the present invention is to allow the buyer to be segmented in the bid of the products ﹠ services in bigger total target (overall bid) selectively.

Another object of the present invention provides " maintain secrecy " (private) ability of form of bid of selection, and in the bid of maintaining secrecy, the bid chance is only open to one group of selected bidder, and open to whole existing titular bidder.

Another object of the present invention is that " sealed proposal " (sealed bids) is provided in the ecommerce competitive environment.

Another object of the present invention provides a large amount of relevant but independently horizontal and vertical marketing channel (gateways), and all passages all are convenient to attract end buyer and the sellers in the market.

Another object of the present invention be attract with the competition be the basis buy and sell have an extensive representational ecommerce.

Another object of the present invention is to cross over multiple culture by multilingual to provide global service to buyer and sellers; Difference reaction acumen to the culture background of content and advertisement.

Another object of the present invention is in the buyer provides the earth zone that sellers is limited to themselves or to the ability of the regional open to the outside world of selecting.

Another object of the present invention is by be provided at the reduction that the ability of seeking qualified bidder in the bigger market selectively provides bid price to the buyer.

Another object of the present invention is to quote the ability of competitive price when sellers are provided at the sales volume of having an opportunity to increase them exponentially.

These and other objects are obvious from the detailed description below in conjunction with each accompanying drawing.

Description of drawings

Figure 1A, 1B and 1C represent the general introduction of a most preferred embodiment of system of the present invention.

Fig. 2 represents that how purchased person or user are used for competitve bidding round-robin illustrative example in system of the present invention.

Fig. 3 represents an example of the present invention.

Fig. 4 represents the multiple method of communicating by letter and distributing of user's perception between buyer and sellers.

Fig. 5 represents that user and system are for realizing the mutual of perception shown in Fig. 4.

Embodiment

Following terminological interpretation will help those skilled in the art to understand the present invention.

Term " supplier " and " sellers " and their derivative are interchangeable.

Level (tier)-level is (hierarchical) numerical value rank (levels) (0,1,2,3 or the like) of a classification in the transaction.The entity that this process is initiated in minimum number representative generally is the buyer.The buyer may be final user (end user), perhaps may be another supplier of service or final user's supplier.From central core (for example final user) removal in the level indication hierarchical chain of higher number still is to finish higher (low the numbering) needed follow-up rank of level.At given level, sellers can become the buyer of further removed level.

It below is the example example that in the competitive bids process, uses level, they should not be construed as scope of the present invention is limited to particular industries, phase reaction is construed as essential structure of the present invention for convenience, and scope of the present invention is limited by claims herein only.

0 level (level 0) (tier0)-be ultimate beneficiary, ultimate purchaser, final user or user's entity.Generally be the buyer.For example, in building industry, may be the owner in dwelling house or building.

The 1st level (level 1)-be first rank (level) supplier's of 0 level entity.The general large project that all (friendship keys) are provided to 0 level of seeking of the 1st level.For example, at building industry, if 0 hierarchy type dwelling house or building owner, then the 1st level is dwelling house construction companies or project manager who builds the building or building manager (CM).The entity of the 1st level will be solicited next level and be satisfied its needs, become " buyer " of the 2nd level; In the time of as the supplier of 0 level, the 1st gradation entity has a plurality of the 2nd level suppliers.

The 2nd level (level 2)-this level is the supplier of second level.This entity is incited somebody to action the 1st level supply upward.In this role, this entity is the sellers of the 1st level.In order to satisfy its needs, the 2nd gradation entity will become the buyer of the 3rd following level.The 2nd gradation entity has a plurality of the 3rd level suppliers.If the example of expansion front, the 2nd gradation entity is the general contractor.The 2nd gradation entity or 0 level dwelling house owner's direct the 2nd level supplier, or 0 level dwelling house owner's the 2nd level supplier who passes through the 1st level (residential housing company or building manager).，

The 3rd level (level 3)-this level is other supplier of the third level.This entity will be to the 2nd level supply, and the 2nd level will be to the 1st level supply, and the 1st level will be to final user's 0 level supply.This entity also will be the buyer of the 4th level.Each the 3rd gradation entity can both have a plurality of the 4th level sellers.If the example that continuation has begun, the 3rd gradation entity buyer's a example are exactly the subcontractor who specializes in the particular aspects of building construction, these particular aspects are pipeline, electric power, road or the like.These entities are sellers of top level, but are the buyers of the 4th level below them.

The 4th level (level 4)-this level is other supplier of the fourth stage.The 3rd level supply upward of these entities, the chain supply up of the 3rd course.Yet this entity is again a buyer of following the 5th level.Like this away from level, these suppliers generally be the service many horizontal markets (buyer) " independence " supplier.For example, toilet utensil supplier, light fixture supplier, sandstone supplier.As an example of horizontal market, certain sandstone supplier may be supplied to sandstone and specialize in the subcontractor that builds the road or with the subcontractor of sandstone as the material of establishing the basis, building.Perhaps, sandstone enforcement supplier may be supplied to sandstone concreter's station-service to make the material of concrete product.Another example is in the supply of Medical Devices upgrading.The medical treatment organization of supply may be supplied to the contractor that specializes in this equipment is installed to up-to-date medical treatment and diagnostic device in newly-built medical institutions.The medical treatment organization of supply also may be given place, state or federal government similar device sales, even is sold to foreign government or international charity organization, is used for helping the people of predicament.Perhaps, medical organization of supply also may be given similar device sales doctor's clinic, so that the doctor in the clinic keeps the grasp to up-to-date medical skill.

The 5th level (level 5)-this level is other supplier of level V.The 4th level supply upward of this entity, other supplier of this level is professional supplier, perhaps often is manufacturer.They also can have specialized market (niche market) " independence " supplier in horizontal market.The geographic area of their supplies is generally bigger, and example comprises: decorative lamp lamp modelled after an antique manufacturer, and marble bathroom facilities manufacturer, or the like.

Generally need all levels to satisfy 0 level fully.Again may some away from level temporarily put off by 0 level and/or the part " satisfying " (promptly contacting directly).Need all levels the most at last.

Module-can be by one that from remaining total bid, segments discrete, independently product or service unit.For example, from unique source or resemble the equipment that this special industry of landscape plan is bought or paid.

(bid)-this term of submitting a tender not only comprises bid, also comprises " bid " or " price "." bid " or " price " implication for the supply of commodity and service does not have term " bid " so complicated.

System can serve any amount of level (n level) in any step, any amount of module (n module), any amount of supplier (n supplier), any amount of qualification standard (n qualification standard), any in the world country (n country), but with any interpretive language (n kind language).

Investigate each accompanying drawing, wherein the identical reference numerals in each accompanying drawing is represented identical parts, and reference numerals 10 refers to the most preferred embodiment according to system of the present invention.

Figure 1A, 1B and 1C represent a schematic overview of the most preferred embodiment of system of the present invention.

From Figure 1A, most preferred embodiment of the present invention has preparation process 12, alleged in the preparation techniques field " bid bag ".The bid bag is to pass on buyer or terminal user to want the information of what product or service.In step is assured fully in bid, the internal check of its moving system of the present invention, these are checked by system validation.System checks, is a registration main body to guarantee buyer (or sellers), be its own membership qualification and is the paying of its requested service.System checks, can provide these services in this region to confirm it.Its confirms to have available required (except that English) language.It confirms " tender is taken market " required adequate information, for example Zhao Biao beginning and Close Date, and the providing of appendix, or the like.It sets up security classification and information to obtain authority (security access) for buyer and sellers, and for example, the buyer can touch more information than sellers.Most preferred embodiment advances to deciding step 14, and whether decision is necessary the bid bag is divided into (sequester) plurality of modules.If do not cut apart the bid bag, then process will be wanted still not outsourcing (non-outsource) of outsourcing (outsource) at this bid bag of step 16 decision.

If should the not outsourcing of bid bag, then the bid that will be received by system will be a non-outsourcing, i.e. inner product or service bid, step 18, this bid will be the bid to processed and the bid bag reported, step 18.If this bid bag is wanted outsourcing, just retrieve, retrieve the potential suitor (bidder) that those will become outsourced vendor, step 22.Retrieval to supplier realizes by multiple support channels (channel).First channel is known (and qualified) supplier who selects some for final user of the present invention, terminal user or user, and promptly the buyer has the supplier of personal understanding, therefore is exactly the general former supplier that transaction was arranged of buyer.Hint of the present invention is to there is no need such supplier to be limited to specific buyer in advance.Exchange of second channel definition is used for examination and selects some suppliers.The 3rd channel utilizes function of the present invention for the user, to allow various commercial, NAICS or SIC code and/or keyword in supplier is provided when register in system of the present invention in supplier the explanation to mate the supplier of matching product or service and product or service.The 4th channel is by the supplier of mailing to relevant product or service supplier or finding from the bulletin of relevant product or service supplier's reception.Therefore, the buyer of system of the present invention or user can utilize 4 channel nearly to collect buyer or user to wish to wrap the product of soliciting or supplier's list (list) of service with bid.

Step 24, the selected supplier of prequalification (prequalification) process list.In the prequalification process, give statistical weight of each supplier in the list according to some factors.These factors include but not limited to, the type of the permission that supplier holds, the number of insurance and/or guarantee (indemnification), the number of guarantee ability (bonding capacity), credit value (creditworthiness), the year number of business, interior employee's number, subpackage office worker number is not tied lawsuit, benchmark contract (reference contract), the operation base is to the distance of working site, the attendant, maintenance store, and obtaining as means with system of the present invention other criterion in the scope and spirit of any industry of the responsible and qualified bid of given bid bag.Above response also both can be shown or by such demonstration that the weighting score was handled, also can report separately by what submitted to like that.The result of qualification preliminary election process is supplier's screening and the list qualified prospective tenderer of preliminary election that possible become the content of bid bag.

Next procedure is a step 26, is bid is responsible for assigning to the qualified prospective tenderer (supplier) to the content of this bid bag of preliminary election.This distribution can be carried out in the electronics mode of for example Email, and/or by printing the printers execution that many parts of bids are wrapped.Distribute when finishing, each copy of bid bag will be in the qualified prospective tenderer's of each preliminary election (supplier) the scope, so that the content in the bid bag is submitted a tender.

Next procedure in process is step 28a-28d, and bid bag received by a plurality of suppliers and handle, and working up a bid, and this bid is turned back to the level that continues mutually before given date and time.Used four supplier A-D in Figure 1B, this should not be construed as limiting the scope of the invention, and should be construed as a kind of example, and purpose is in order to help those skilled in the art to understand the present invention.Statement once more, system of the present invention can serve any amount of level (n level) in any step, any amount of module (n module), any amount of supplier (n supplier), any amount of qualification standard (n qualification standard), any in the world country (n country), but with any interpretive language (n kind language).In this exemplary example, supplier B, C, D decision are made separately and must be bid this bid bag, and do not need also not wish any part of this bid bag of outsourcing.Their bids separately are received, collect and handle (step 30), make up in the step 20 and any bid of originating of submitting a tender from any other; For example submit a tender (step 18) by inner, with handle and report from the result of the Any and All Bid in one or more sources.

Seasonal ground, supplier A has determined at least a portion of this bid bag of outsourcing to give its level or supplier's level.So the beginning recursive procedure, wherein, the supplier of the top level of intrasystem product of the present invention or service becomes the buyer of following level.This supplier A experiences a similar procedure of the system of the present invention that previous buyer utilized basically.Supplier is the buyer now, and uses a decision whether the potential supplier's of reasonable ground search similar procedure is arranged.If then continue following four channel search narrating previously.In case the acquisition list, this supplier just submits to qualification preliminary election process to this list and handles.By selected one-tenth preliminary election behind the qualified latent supply merchant list, next step is that the bid bag is distributed to the qualified latent supply merchant (for example, not giving the supplier A-D that illustrates) of preliminary election who has become the qualified prospective tenderer of preliminary election now at list.Each supplier receives and handles this bid bag, and formulation and return a bid, as 31 represented.

Each supplier's the mark of being thrown is received and handles by system then, then, will regardless of be outsourcing also be that all bids of non-outsourcing combine, as the report from one or more sources, this causes final user or buyer can select a bid that meets the criterion of bid bag.The result who selects causes the formation of the contract between buyer and the supplier.

This process may cause the buyer more economical again, and at first because of the various potential bid source that system provided, secondly because the buyer can directly arrive the source of product or service, these have all increased competitive bids.This has just been avoided the rise in price that increases progressively that is associated with the buyer of commodity and service and supplier's normal, chain, for example, and manufacturer-retail trader-wholesale dealer-retailer-buyer's chain.In other words, eliminate go-between's " rise in price "-change hands and do not had added value.Supplier is also favourable, because by increased the chance of showing in system registry of the present invention.This also allows supplier to keep specialization and high-level efficiency.

Get back to accompanying drawing 1A, if the entity of 0 level decision bid bag will be divided into a plurality of modules, process then of the present invention proceeds to the diagram of Fig. 1 C.

Among Fig. 1 C, system of the present invention will call for bid to wrap and be divided into N bid module.For example-but can not be interpreted as limiting the scope of the invention, N equals 5.In this example, receive or the party concerned decision of the bag of preparing to call for bid is divided into 5 bid modules to the bid bag.Can cut apart by buyer and/or bid bag preparator.Perhaps, can answer buyer and/or bid bag preparator's request to cut apart by most preferred embodiment of the present invention.In the illustrative example of most preferred embodiment of the present invention, the bid bag is subdivided into 5 modules, step 32.The example model of embodiment changes into four outsourcing bid modules and inside or non-outsourcing bid module to bid bag module.For non-outsourcing bid module, this module is received party concerned's form as a whole or modularization or segmentation of bid bag and handles, and then this module, step 42 is distributed in the inside bid.In the schematic situation of example, module 5 distributed to invite and submit bids.This inside bid is received, handles and also store in step 50 then, waits for all by the bid of the module of outsourcing.In step 34, system of the present invention utilizes 4 channels to retrieve the prospective tenderer of each outsourcing module 1-4.These four channels are as described below.First channel is that buyer oneself or user oneself understand the individual that may wrap the supplier who submits a tender to calling for bid potentially.Second channel is to utilize exchange to examine and select some suppliers.The 3rd channel is that the user utilizes function of the present invention to allow various commercial, NAICS or SIC code and/or keyword coupling in supplier is provided when registering in system of the present invention in supplier the explanation, the supplier of matching product or service and product or service.The 4th channel is by the supplier of mailing to relevant product or service supplier or finding from the bulletin of relevant product or service supplier's reception.Therefore, the buyer of system of the present invention or user can utilize nearly 4 channel to collect the buyer or the user wishes to wrap the product of each module of soliciting or supplier's list of service with bid.

Step 36, the selected supplier of prequalification process list.In the prequalification process, give statistical weight of each supplier in the list according to some factors that the standard that will guarantee this module (for example about equipment, proof, qualification) has been satisfied.In other words, the processing of this module finishes.These factors include but not limited to, the type of the permission that supplier holds, wish the product of acquisition or the type of service, supplier produces product or is provided the days of service, whether product is through UL or ELT test and whether classified the number of product or liability insurance and/or guarantee, the number of guarantee ability, financial position, credit value, sales volume, product guarantees, the year number of business, interior employee's number, subpackage office worker number is not tied lawsuit, the benchmark contract, the operation base is to the distance of working site, attendant, maintenance store, satisfy the ability of place antidetonation standard, and obtaining as means with system of the present invention other criterion in the scope and spirit of any industry of the responsible and qualified bid of given bid bag.Above response also both can be shown or by such demonstration that the weighting score was handled, also can report separately by what submitted to like that.The result of qualification preliminary election process is supplier's screening and the list qualified prospective tenderer of preliminary election that possible become the content of bid bag.

Next procedure is a step 38, is the bid module is distributed to the qualified prospective tenderer (supplier) to the content in each bid module of preliminary election.This distribution can be carried out in the electronics mode of for example Email, and/or carry out by printing many parts printer to each bid module.When distribution finishes, each copy of bid module will be in the qualified prospective tenderer's of each preliminary election (supplier) the scope, so that the content in the bid module is submitted a tender.

Some supplier can only submit a tender to a module, and other then may be submitted a tender to a pack module, because they have the ability to deal with this workload or want the outsourcing certain module, stays other module.For the supplier who one or more modules is being submitted a tender, the present invention can recursively be used.Supplier becomes the buyer and can change into more and more littler module to bid bag module, so that individually consider various piece where necessary meticulously.

Next procedure in process is step 40a-48d, and the bid module received by a plurality of suppliers and handle, and working up a bid, and this bid is turned back to the N-1 level before given date and time.Used four supplier A-D in Figure 1B, this should not be construed as limiting the scope of the invention, and should be construed as a kind of example, and purpose is in order to help those skilled in the art to understand the present invention.In this exemplary example, supplier B, C, D decision are made separately and must be bid this bid bag, and do not need also not wish any part of this bid bag of outsourcing.Their bids separately are received, collect and handle (step 44), make up in the step 50 and any bid of originating of submitting a tender from any other; For example submit a tender (step 42) by inner, with handle and report from the result of the Any and All Bid in one or more sources.

Fig. 2 provides an illustrative example, it utilizes the present invention to conceive, by limiting or not having " added value " to avoid " go-between's rise in price ", with the maximization cost-benefit ratio, in the regular traffic process of handling by the normal channel that takes place between the original vendor of the final beneficiary of product or service and product or service, this rises in price script will take place.In this example, level 0 is the buyer and/or the final user (buyer/user) of system.This particular purchased person/user oneself has prepared a bid bag, and system help wherein of the present invention is put into this bid bag in the system.Perhaps, buyer/user can provide information and instruction to system, and system oneself prepares a bid bag thus, is used for the system of receiving, and the bag that should call for bid where necessary is divided into module.The present invention's bag that allows will call for bid in system of the present invention is divided into module or is not having will call for bid to wrap under the situation of system of the present invention and is divided into module.In this example, buyer/user determines this bid bag need be divided into module, specifically, is divided into 4 modules.

Buyer/user at level 0 allows system of the present invention that module 1 is contracted out to a known supplier at level 4, and does not search for, and also this supplier is not carried out prequalification.In this example to the use of system of the present invention, saved buyer/user's a sum of money, because buyer/user has avoided the rise in price of the accumulation of product or service, if the buyer passes through the traditional and/or normal business procedure of this specific industry, this rise in price will take place originally.For example in building industry, during normal business procedure, want the buyer of building the building certain piece ground skinner to get in touch a builder or project construction manager (the 1st level supplier), the latter gets in touch a general contractor (the 2nd level supplier), the general contractor gets in touch a subcontractor (the 3rd level supplier), and the subcontractor will get in touch " independence " supplier (the 4th level supplier).Along with this product or service are delivered at all levelsly by one the tunnel, each supply commercial city will be to the product that receives from its supplier or the original price price markup of service.Another utilizes the example of system of the present invention to be, be intended for oneself new house or the existing house house owner that acquires new heating, heating ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) system, directly find supplier's level (for example the 4th level supplier, " independence " supplier) of an actual provision product or service.This house owner is considered to 0 level buyer/user of system.This house owner prepares one and writes on the bid bag on a piece of paper and be entered in the system, perhaps provides information to system, prepares the bid bag by system.In present case, the house owner understands the retail trader (the 4th level supplier) of needed HVAC equipment.This retail trader receives this bid bag or its module, wherein contains the information that is necessary, handles this information for retail trader and also formulates bid for the required particular device that requires that satisfies this bid bag or its module.This retail trader must bid (the 4th level supplier) be sent straight to house owner (0 level buyer) then.This house owner obtains substantial saving by experiencing system of the present invention, because in normal business procedure, need the house owner of new HVAC equipment must get in touch a mechanical contractor that provides and install HVAC equipment, the said firm will get in touch HVAC equipment retail trader.Distributor will be sold the said firm with equipment with wholesale price.The said firm sells the house owner by retail price with equipment again.By avoiding this tradition and/or conventional business procedure, the benefit that the house owner obtains is that batch zeroth order difference deducts the expense of using system of the present invention.

Continue the example among Fig. 2,0 level buyer/user indicates system of the present invention that module 2 directly is contracted out to level 5 suppliers.Still do not need search, prequalification screening or distribution, because 0 level buyer/user has directly sought help from the supplier that product or service may directly be provided to this buyer/user.In this example, the 5th level supplier decision will the product or the service (outsourcing module 2) of bid further be divided into a plurality of modules as required buyer/user, for example submodule 5A, 5B, 5C and 5D, submodule 5A can finish in inside, submodule 5B, 5C and 5D then give out a contract for a project, and invite competitive bids.After receiving competitive bids, all submodules that will be positioned at the 5th level are formed the 5th a level bid that becomes module 2, then this bid are sent it back level 0.Like this, buyer/the user who is positioned at level 0 has received the bid to the relative saving of module 2, and does not experience " traditional " competitive bids process, and the latter requires the buyer to seek help from a supplier, this supplier seeks help from " independence " supplier again, and so on.

For module 3, the buyer/user who is positioned at 0 level is contracted out to next continuous mutually level, i.e. the 1st level supplier to module 3.In this example, the buyer/user of system adopts aforesaid available corresponding search, prequalification screening and distributes.Be divided into submodule 3A, 3B, 3C and 3D behind the 1st level supplier receiver module 3.The 1st level supplier decision keeps submodule for inner the bid, and remaining submodule of outsourcing.For example, after the 1st level supplier used suitable search, prequalification and distribution, module 3D is sent to the 2nd level supplier for further submitting a tender, system of the present invention must propose a buyer/user.Aforesaid process repeats level 2 and level 3 suppliers respectively; Like this, make the 1st level supplier become the 2nd level supplier's buyer, and the 2nd level supplier become the buyer of the 3rd level.The supplier process of each level and level bid above the subtend sequentially are up to receiving one at the 1st level by the 1st level supplier's inside bid and the package tender of forming from the bid of level 2 and level 3.This bid is transferred to level 0 then.

At level 0, from level 1 and level 4 and level 5 bid of each module (modules A, B, C and D) is received and finally is combined into final bid to level 0, level 0 is the final beneficiary of being used for of adopting of system for the process of buyer/user's cost saving of system.

System can handle any amount of level (n), is divided into any amount of module (n) at any level.System can handle the module and the level of any combination then.Its is making up in the bid that any stage received, as required or be combined in the outside of the grade of cutting apart it, perhaps final beneficiary's upstream process it.

Below be to adopt exemplary example of the present invention.

The automation process of buying and resource management

This system can play an autonomous system, in the existing process of (being integrated into) company that perhaps can be inserted into the form of ASP.

System is made up of following:

1. written requirement (requisitioning)

The buyer can search for a plurality of industries and a plurality of department.These buyers enter the GRAND CENTRAL EXCHANGE on the WWW.This website provide many concerning individual and purchaser's buyer interested general utility functions.

More particularly, the buyer for example can visit the specific industry exchange that name is called " RecreationalGoods.com " or " Apparel.com " or " Minging-Minierals-Ores.com ".

In specific website, the buyer can visit the specific supplier who resides in comprehensive specific industry exchange.

Like this, the buyer just can browse and obtain to help to determine the information of buyer's specific needs in buyer's industry and department.The supplier that buyer's energy mark buyer likes is for future reference.That other searching method can not take not the buyer in industry exchange perfect representation or its website and/or catalogue do not reside in " supplier who is linked " of our industry exchange.

The buyer is according to the information issuing of collecting " written request " or " bid bag ".

2. bid, quotation or price are levied and are sought letter

The buyer enters system and with qualified buyer's identity registration.System checks, is real entity to guarantee the buyer, and the member's identity that is used for buyer oneself puts in place with the paying that is used for buyer's requested service.

System checks, can provide this service in this geographic area in the world to confirm it.Its confirms that required (beyond the English) language can use.It is in place that its confirms to be used for the adequate information of " bid is taken to market ", for example: the beginning of bid and Close Date, appendix is provided, provide " choice of interpolation " or " choice that deducts ".

System sets up security classification and information to obtain authority for buyer and sellers.

As the some selections to sellers member, the buyer searches for sellers, limits sellers' qualification, cuts apart the bid bag, or the like.

3. the purchase order between buyer and the sellers (or contract) generates

In case the buyer receive bid (quotation or process) and think this bid be qualified, targetedly with responsible, the buyer just hands down its decision to any and/or all suitors.

The buyer with the content that has or do not wrap with the supply bid of qualification, gets up its ready with it " front end " combination of files then.In the environment of safety, transmit complete bid bag back and forth, all be satisfied with and enclose the electronic signature that its expression is accepted up to each party concerned.

Final contract and/or purchase order also are printed by the chain print shop of setting up of distribution and send out with the form of hard copy.

Between buyer and the sellers payment handle

Buyer and sellers can use multiple method of payment.These methods include but not limited to:

1. banker's bill

2. check

3. fiduciary loan numerical ceiling (lines of credit), the letter of credit

4. offshore fund is transferred accounts and trustship account (Overseas funds transfer and trustaccounts)

5. credit card

Buyer and sellers can be by our system along with a project payment progress is set up in the reception and the affirmation of each commodity and/or service module.System guarantees safety with the safety assurance of multiple grade.

5. to the tracking of delivery management

System considers the delivery progress that sellers provide to the buyer.Delivery progress is together with its clause (terms and conditions), liquidation loss (liquidated damages) or the like, be independent one that reach an agreement, with aforementioned purchase order and or the consistent file of contract.

The system management progress also keeps all litiganies to understand the program of payment.Simultaneously it with purchase order with or contract in the method for payment and the project payment progress of reaching an agreement engage.

System allows the buyer to keep the retention of the payment of certain number percent at each project milestone.

After the payment success of commodity and service and all relevant provisions and condition, pay last payment to sellers from the buyer.

The buyer can examine the whole file of conduct to the report of the adoption process of each item.This management tool is used to improve the efficient of each continuous buying then, until final contract close-out.

To technica, resource management, buying and the contract management of the management automation process of need assessment and management, will finish by structure (software) with the form exploitation of front-end and back-end.

The A front-end architecture

A1 is made up of some common websites of the buyer of particular category that excite, for example FederalBids.com, City-Bids.com, Procurement Bids.com, or the like.

These will be named as the internal core horizontal market of registered domain name:

BiddingHeadquarters.com

BiddingPool.com

BiddingUnlimited.com

CheckBids.com

DistributorsWorldwide.com

eCommerceBids.com

eComparisonShopping.com

eCompetitiveBids.com

eGlobalBids.com

eInternationalBids.com

eOpenBid.com

eOpenBidding.com

ePrivateBids.com

eSealedBid.com

eSealedBids.com

InformalBids.com

LowestResponsibleBid.com

MiscellaneousBids.com

PrivateBids.com

ProcurementBids.com

SealedTender.com

SealedTenders.com

UniversalBidding.com

UniversalBids.com

UnusualBids.com

A2 is made up of some " buyer is specific " websites of the buyer of particular category that excite.These will be named as the outer core horizontal market of registered domain name:

AgriculturalBids.com

AgricultureBids.com

AirportsBids.com

City-Bids.com

ConsultantsBids.com

CountyBids.com

DamsBids.com

DODbids.com

eConstructionBids.com

eFederalBids.com

eFinanceBids.com

ElectricalPowerBids.com

EnvironmentBids.com

eProjectBids.com

FedsBid.com

FedsBids.com

FisheriesBids.com

ForestryBids.com

HealthIndustryBids.com

HousingBids.com

IndustryBids.com

InfrastructureBids.com

InstitutionalBids.com

MinesBids.com

Oil-GasBids.com

PipelinesBids.com

PortsBids.com

PrisonBids.com

ReconstructionBids.com

RoadwaysBids.com

RuralDevelopmentBids.com

SchoolsBid.com

State-Bids.com

SupplierBids.com

SuppliersBids.com

TelecommunicationsBids.com

TourismBids.com

TransporationBids.com

UnitedNationsBids.com

UniversityBids.com

UrbanDevelopmentBids.com

WaterSupply-Sanitaton.com

WorldBankBids.com

A3 is made up of some specific websites of sellers of the sellers of particular category that excite.Some may be the buyer among these sellers.

These will be named as the vertical market (or exchange) of registered domain name:

AirConditioning-Equip.com

AirlineTicketBids.com

AirplaneBids.com

Animal-Plants-Flowers.com

ApparelProducts.com

Auto-Bids.com

AutomobileBids.com

Beverage-Products.com

BidMortgageLoans.com

CargoBids.com

ChemProductsExchange.com

CommercialGoods.com

CommercialLoanBids.com

Commoditites-GlobaLcom

Const-Bldgmaterials.com

Cosmetics-Healthcare.com

Crops-Millproducts.com

eBankingBids.com

eEquipmentBids.com

ElectricalEnergyBids.com

Electrical-Equip.com

eMedicalEquipmentBids.com

Enviroment-Pollution.com

ExchangeofExchanges.com

Fire-Protection-Equip.com

Fitnessclub-Equipment.com

FleetBids.com

Food-FoodProducts.com

FreighterBids.com

Global-Patents.com

GrandCentralExchange.com

HardwareBids.com

Healthclub-Equipment.com

Home-Housewares.com

Home-KitchenAppliances.com

HVACAequipmentBids.com

dustrial-Goods.com

InstitutionalExchange.com

KitchenEquipmentBids.com

LonghaulBids.com

LumberBids.com

Med-LabEquipment.com

Metals-Minerals-Ores.com

Millun.com

MultipleExchange.com

OfficeEquip-Computers.com

Paper-PrintProducts.com

Patents-Exchange.com

Petroleum-Global.com

PlumbingFixturesBids.com

RecreationalGoods.com

RubberizedProducts.com

Shubnum.com

Steelbids.com

Sunghum.com

TechnologyEquipment.com

Textile-Products.com

Tires-Tubes.com

Tobacco-Products.com

Toiletries-Healthcare.com

Tools-MachineTools.com

TruckingBids.com

TruckloadsBid.com

Be a central web site that is called Grand Central Exchange.com in the above in the A3.

These exchanges are developed as community, provide such as some following featured functions: general information, outlet/inlet regulatory act, buy-sell ability or the like.

Each domain name is represented in independent website.This is " with the entity of unique and independent branding ".Always have 68 horizontal market websites.The buyer generally uses A1 and A2.

The composition of A3 also is each the independent website by separately domain name representative, and is " with the entity of unique and independent branding ".Always have 63 exchanges.Sellers generally use A3.

All websites can both be in horizontal with vertical mode in intercommunication.They conveniently carry out a plurality of transaction simultaneously, and collection of statistical data is used for others.

The buyer contacts sellers by multiple support channels, and sellers contact the buyer by multiple support channels, yet All Activity is all controlled, different services is collected the expense of different brackets.

Fig. 4 represents the sensation of user when use is of the present invention.The user is the buyer, and sellers utilize the present invention.In Fig. 4, be the buyer with sellers between a plurality of communication and distribution method when they are related with website shown in the A3 with A1, A2.Website in A1 and A2 general purchased person use.Yet these websites also can be used by sellers.The website that belongs to A3 is generally used by sellers, also can purchased person use.

For example, the buyer in the A2 outer core awares and the direct dealing that is positioned at the sellers of A3 website, shown in virtual connection 700.Equally, the buyer in the A2 outer core aware with the A3 website in a plurality of sellers' transaction, shown in virtual connection 710.And virtual connection 720 show sellers in the A3 websites aware with A1 and A2 website in a plurality of buyers' transaction.

Within the scope of the invention, the buyer in the A2 website also aware with the A3 website in sellers carry out a multi-level transaction, shown in virtual connection 730.Here, sellers become the next more buyer of low level.Also can a bid bag be divided into module for the several different sellers in the A3 website.Transaction can have many levels and a plurality of module.Transaction can intactly or partly be transmitted passes through central web site.Virtual connection 740 shows the ultimate purchaser that concludes the business by middle buyer and sellers and final sales person's sensation.

Buyer in the A1 website can conclude the business with central web site, as connects shown in 750.Equally, the buyer in the A2 website can conclude the business with central web site, as connects shown in 760.In addition, the sellers in the A3 website can conclude the business with primary exchange, as connect shown in 780.

In addition, produce income, comprise number percent commission of predetermined, link, recommendation, advertisement, transaction appraisal or the like by many approach.

B. rear end element architecture

Arrange the rear end element architecture, make the website in the content of basic layer and expression by standardization, and further revised to be fit to specific " preference " of industry.Product card mark (branding) is independently with uniqueness to these 131 websites.

Use a public back-end software of revising a little, because each website is all being served identical focusization " competitive dealing and tracking " arrangement.

As shown in Figure 5, the part of rear end element architecture is a relational database 800.User-buyer 1100 sends into their RFPs or RFQs, shown in 900.The computer system 1000 of depositing this relational database is divided into module to RFP or RFQ, is placed on the appropriate location in the database, and distributes a sign of each module that is related to same module (index).For example, RFP/Q1, mod1 and RFP/Q2, mod2 are related, are assigned with sign i1.Interesting user-sellers by system sales commodity of the present invention or service are registered as sellers with themselves, and have selected sellers to wish that what special sign receives RFPs or RFQs in registration process.System of the present invention stores the sign that each user-sellers has registered for it in register-file 850.Revise it wish which indicate come receiver module afterwards by certain date for user-sellers.Like this, when user capture system of the present invention, those operations (job) that are associated with sign that user-sellers wish to see of system, module (mod1, mod2, or the like).For example, user-sellers 1200 wish only to see those operations that are associated with sign i1, are exactly RFP/Q1, mod1 and mod4.That user-sellers 1400 then is RFP/Q2, mod1 and RFP/Qn, mod2.

In the synoptic diagram that various aspects of the present invention (facets) are used to represent among Fig. 3.The mutual relationship of each side is represented by the four-headed arrow at two ends, path.Single arrow is represented an order path between the aspect.These aspects or can play autonomous system, the unit that perhaps can be used as ASP (application service provider) provides inserts in (being integrated into) company existing process.Aspect (or some aspects) also can be provided as a discrete bag that will be inserted in the tissue " enterprise software system "." enterprise software system " is a comprehensive software that is used to manage all business procedures.As shown in Figure 3, this system comprises four assemblies (assemblies):

200a) need assessment and management;

200b) resource management;

200c) buying; With

200d) contract management.

To being described below of various aspects:

In step 300, this aspect is combined in the selection that the decision made in the step 300 and expression meet previously decided demand (need)-fulfil (not outsourcing) or outsourcing in inside.This aspect can be forwarded to " demand fulfillment of outsourcing " in step 340 aspect describe next.

In step 340, the input from top step 320 is handled in this aspect, and demand is carried out Primary Study and design.It gives list of this demand.This can be to have figure or do not have the preliminary explanation of figure, preliminary time schedule (time schedule) and preliminary cost estimation.In order to realize its function, aspect (written requirement) and the aspect described in the step 680 (statistics management) described in this aspect and the step 420 are mutual.The bag that this aspect is set up is forwarded to aspect next described in step 360.

In step 360, be received aspect this and handling from the input of step 340.This aspect is examined, check " demand legitimacy ", with its with available budget relatively, it is forwarded to suitable budget approval administration and supervision authorities its examination of confession and investment.If the budget non-availability then should be wrapped and sent with cost estimation, for appropriating fund for this bag.In case preliminary explanation, time schedule and the budget of demand go through and appropriate funds, this bag just is sent to the next aspect described in the step 380.

In step 380, receive and handle input from step 360 to be described in further detail (if necessary) and to design ball of wax (if necessary), to produce the bag that an energy is submitted a tender.The scope of this bag can be from literal and/or chart simple declaration to a cover detailed design drawing and the technical specification to (more described in Zao the step) demand.The file that this aspect produces is known as the bid bag, because it can be submitted a tender (and/or handling and/or bid).This step is also for to submit this bag in the decision described in the next procedure.

In step 390, this aspect is accepted to submit to from the input of step 380 and with it, to obtain final user and/or final beneficiary's final approval.Final user and/or final beneficiary also select still to purchase this bid bag in inside from the outside.If the decision internal procurement, then this aspect is submitted to the aspect described in the step 300 to the bid bag.If the decision outsourcing should be wrapped in bid, the bag that then will call for bid is submitted to the next aspect described in the step 400.

In step 400, this aspect is accepted from the input of step 380 and is that final user and/or the final beneficiary who is called level 0 buyer now handles it.This buyer is in system registry.System accept this bid bag for " operation " (job).System checks, is a registration main body to guarantee the buyer, be its own membership qualification and is the paying of its requested service.System checks, can provide these services in this region to confirm it.Its confirms to have available required (except that English) language.It confirms " tender is taken market " required adequate information, for example Zhao Biao beginning and Close Date, and the providing of appendix, or the like.It sets up security classification and information to obtain authority for buyer and sellers.System is forwarded to the next aspect described in the step 420 to this bid bag then.

In step 420, a plurality of departments in a plurality of industries and the industry can be searched in this aspect.The buyer can or enter a central web site GRAND CENTRAL EXCHANGE (perhaps directly to an exchange of selecting) on the WWW on WWW.This website provide many concerning individual and purchaser's buyer interested general utility functions.

Like this, the buyer just can browse and obtain to help to determine the information of buyer's specific needs in buyer's industry and department.The supplier of buyer's energy mark buyer preference is used for reference in the future.That other searching method can not take not the buyer in industry exchange perfect representation or its website and/or catalogue do not reside in " supplier who is linked " of the industry exchange of our system.

In addition, this aspect provides by potential suppliers of retrieval such as various criterions-for example key word search, NAICS.This aspect also by with described in the step 340 of preliminary search phase aspect use.This external enwergy of this aspect further sends to screened and a plurality of suppliers list that classified the next aspect of describing in the step 440.

In step 440, prequalification can be carried out to the latent supply merchant by the criterion of selecting in advance in this aspect.Each supplier's that buyer's choice criteria condition entry (criteria items) and asking provides in the garbled and superincumbent step 420 weighting score (if necessary).Then that preliminary hearing is qualified supplier is forwarded to the next aspect of describing in the step 460.

In step 460, the screened and all kinds of suppliers that provide in step 420 and 440 can be provided this bid bag in this aspect.Hard copy form this distribution or electronic form or physics.The hard copy form generates by sending electronic version and/or " source document " version to print shop or printer.Printer/print shop is specially issued the qualified supplier of garbled preliminary hearing to the bid bag.The bid bag is sent to the next aspect of describing in the step 500 then.

In step 500, this aspect can obtain competitive bids from a plurality of suppliers of many levels.Each supplier can submit a tender to the module or the pack module that split from bid bag.This aspect can optionally receive from supplier optionally the bid of a plurality of modules.This aspect can be combined in each supplier's of different levels reception bid.This aspect processing, combination and report are from the result of all bids in one or more sources.The buyer considers this result and the result is forwarded to the next aspect of description in the step 600.

In step 600, the result of the bid that this aspect can be evaluated in the step 500 to be received.Except price, this aspect determines that also this bid is " targetedly " and " responsible ".One group of standard conditions item that these two purchased persons of condition entry can distribute quantizes.Each standard conditions item also can be assigned with a weight factor and score is counted.This aspect can produce a weighting score or simple " can accept ", " unacceptable " result.The example of standard is: there is the specific experience of predetermined year number in supplier, supplier has the personnel of predetermined quantity to can be used to fulfil this bid, supplier meets federation or state government's requirement of any uniqueness, and supplier's proof obtains (good, good, bad) response, or the like.

The combination of bid (price) result in this assessment and the step 500, produce " minimum, the targeted and the most responsible bid of fixing a price ".The buyer can further proceed to the next aspect of describing in the step 620.

In step 620, this aspect helps holding consultation according to the result who draws in step 500 and 600 between buyer and the sellers.The condition that dealer proposes any special exception of its product, service, price, progress and buyer is solved and is reached an agreement.This step helps the buyer to send contract and/or purchase order according to agreement before this.This step finish the beginning that causes next procedure 640.

In step 640, this aspect contract and/or the purchase order agreement implementation.The time schedule of the milestone that the progress of pressing of its energy prescribed product and/or service is paid.When the payment that reaches milestone and agreed was accepted, these milestones also monitored and point out the progressivity payment.This aspect is forwarded to next procedure 660 to the system data of accumulation, as the state of determined this product/method of servicing of buyer " substance is finished ".

In step 660, this aspect helps the ending of transaction.Buyer and sellers exchange the information of the final payment of relevant product/service.After the successful payment of all satisfied data of all product/services, test, assurance, certificate, " punch-list " and buyer, the buyer agrees final examination.System provides final payment to sellers then and thinks this transaction " end ".All information are forwarded to next procedure 680.

In step 680, this aspect receives from the information of step 660 and handles it.Its stores, analyzes and manage all information.This aspect can be simultaneously mutual with any or all aspect.Therefore this aspect provides extraneous information to be used for assessment, to compare at any time.

In addition, after so the present invention being described, obviously can making many structural modifications and change, and not depart from the scope and the fair implication of above-described and claims of the present invention the present invention.

Claims

1. competitve bidding method comprises:

The bag that will call for bid is divided at least one module;

Further module segmentation is become inner and at least one outsourcing module, wherein internal module is accepted inner the bid;

This at least one outsourcing module that issue is submitted a tender at least one outsourcing;

Reception is submitted a tender to described at least one outsourcing of this at least one outsourcing module;

Prepare a bid according to the combination that submit a tender in inside and outsourcing is submitted a tender.

2. method as claimed in claim 1, wherein after described segmentation procedure:

Search for the latent supply merchant of this at least one outsourcing module;

By a plurality of factors that each latent supply merchant produced a statistical weight latent supply merchant is carried out prequalification;

Select the qualified latent supply quotient set of preliminary hearing according to the statistical weight of getting in touch with each latent supply merchant;

The qualified latent supply merchant of each preliminary hearing in this set distributes the outsourcing module.

3. method as claimed in claim 2 also comprises step:

Represent this bid and any increase option or deduction property option;

Report this bid of multiple form.

4. method as claimed in claim 3 also comprises step:

This bid is sent in succession buyer.

5. method as claimed in claim 4, wherein, the step of issuing at least one bid also comprises:

Further this at least one outsourcing module segmentation is become competitive module and noncompetitive module;

Issue the bid of competitive module property up for grabs;

Keep the noncompetitive module for noncompetitive bid;

Reception is to the competitive bids and the noncompetitive bid of competitive module and noncompetitive module.

6. method as claimed in claim 5, wherein, the step of preparing the bid bag also comprises:

Assembling described competitive bids becomes to submit a tender with noncompetitive bid.

7. method as claimed in claim 6 wherein, repeats this process, until assemble final a bid according to all bids.

8. method that is used for competitve bidding comprises:

A project is divided into a plurality of modules;

Thus, for each module, at least one N level buyer can select following one of at least:

A) keep described module, submit a tender to make a inside to described module;

B) at the N+1 level by the described module of competitive bids outsourcing, so that a competitive bids to described module to be arranged; Or

C) the described module of outsourcing is submitted a tender so that an outsourcing to described module to be arranged to the N+P level;

Wherein, N is more than or equal to zero, and P is greater than zero, and N+P's and more than or equal to N+1's and.

9. method as claimed in claim 8, wherein, repeating step (a) and (b) and (c) all have the bid that is under the jurisdiction of them up to all modules.

10. method as claimed in claim 9 also comprises step:

Collection is to the bid of the inside of each module, emulative and outsourcing.

11., also comprise step as the process of claim 10:

To bid of at least one N level buyer oblatio.

12. a system that is used for competitve bidding comprises:

Be used to help a project is divided into the device of a plurality of modules;

Be used to help to determine which module will stay inside and be used to make inner device of submitting a tender;

Be used to help to determine which module will be contracted out to the device of competitve bidding process;

Be used to help to receive device to the noncompetitive bid of any module of not submitted a tender competitively from outsourced vendor;

Be used to receive to not receiving inner the bid or the device of the competitive bids of the module that outsourcing is submitted a tender;

Be used to sum up device to the inside of module, emulative and noncompetitive bid;

The device that is used for the bid that oblatio draws according to the summary to the bid of each module.

13. a method that is used for competitve bidding comprises:

A project is divided into a plurality of modules;

Further each module segmentation is become inner and outsourcing module;

The outsourcing module that issue invites at least one outsourcing to submit a tender;

Receive described at least one outsourcing bid to described outsourcing module; With

Prepare a bid according to combination to inner and outsourcing module.

14. a system that is used for competitve bidding comprises:

Handle the device of a bid bag;

Be used for the bid bag is divided into the device of a plurality of modules;

Be used for further each module segmentation being become the device of inner and outsourcing module;

Be used to issue the device of the outsourcing module of inviting at least one outsourcing bid;

Be used to receive described at least one device that the outsourcing of described outsourcing module is submitted a tender; With

Be used for according to the device of the combination of inner and outsourcing module being prepared a bid.

Be somebody's turn to do the display of submitting a tender with multiple form report.

15. the system as claim 14 also comprises:

Be used for this bid is sent to a buyer in succession.

16. as the system of claim 15, wherein, the device that is used to issue at least one bid also comprises:

Be used for further the outsourcing module segmentation being become the device of competitive and noncompetitive module;

Be used to issue the device of this competitiveness module property up for grabs bid;

Be used to issue the device of this noncompetitive module property up for grabs bid; With

Be used to receive to competitive and the competitiveness of noncompetitive outsourcing module and the device of noncompetitive bid.

17. as the system of claim 16, wherein, the device of the bag that is used to prepare to submit a tender also comprises:

Be used for described competitiveness and noncompetitive bid are gathered into the device of bid.

18. the system as claim 17 also comprises:

Be used for being recycled to according to all bids always and assemble a final device of submitting a tender.

19. a system that is used for competitve bidding comprises:

Be used for project is divided into the device of a plurality of bid modules;

Be used for further each module segmentation being become device inner and module outsourcing;

Be used to issue the device that this outsourcing module is submitted a tender at least one outsourcing;

Be used to receive to described at least one outsourcing of this at least one outsourcing module submit a tender and device; With

Be used for preparing the device of a bid according to the combination of inner and outsourcing module.

20. one kind for allowing project be limited the system of supplier's qualification by competitive bids:

Be used to comprise the device of a standard set;

The device that is used for comparison latent supply merchant and this set;

Be used for according to the comparison of this standard set to the device of each latent supply merchant's a statistical weight of evaluation; With

Those latent supplies merchant who is used for reaching at least a threshold value statistical weight is divided into the device of supplier's set.

21. one kind the added value of at least one commodity that provided by the supplier who receives and distributes or service is not provided not and eliminates the system of rise in price, comprises:

Be used to allow the source supplier's of user search commodity or service device; With

Be used to allow the user directly to seek help from the source supplier of commodity or service rather than receive and distribute supplier's device.

22. a competitve bidding system comprises:

Be used to confirm that buyer or sellers are devices of the registration main body of system;

Be used to be verified as the device that the paying of the service of this registration subject requests has put in place;

Being used for checking system can provide the device of institute's requested service in desirable region;

Be used to confirm to have the device of available all required language; With

Be used to verify the device that all information that issue asks to serve all exist.

23. the competitve bidding system as claim 22 also comprises:

Be used to allow the buyer of given requested service can obtain the privacy device of more information than sellers;

24. as the competitve bidding system of claim 23, information wherein also comprises: the beginning of bid and Close Date and any appendix.

25. a need assessment, resource management, buying and contract management system synthetically comprise:

Be used to assess the device of at least one final user's demand;

Be used for management resource to help to realize the device of this final user's demand;

Be used for from the one or more commodity of resource purchasing and the service to satisfy the device of final user's demand; With

Be used to manage and be used to purchase the resource of described at least one commodity and service and the device of at least one contract between final user's demand.

26. as the system of claim 25, wherein said apparatus for evaluating comprises:

Be used to provide device to the Primary Study of the design, installation, cost estimation and the subsidy request that are ready to come into operation;

Be used for creating the device of submitting a tender and wrapping according to final user's demand and research.

27. as the system of claim 26, the wherein said device of Primary Study that provides comprises:

Be used for by one group of relevant documentation, associated with, script and the device of soliciting a plurality of suppliers by the database of the server service on the wide area network.

28. as the system of claim 27, the wherein said device that is used to solicit uses a kind of device that is used for the statistics management.

29. as the system of claim 28, the wherein said device that is used for management resource comprises:

The device that is used for the server registers procurement request on wide area network;

Be used for by one group of relevant documentation, associated with, script and the device of soliciting a plurality of suppliers by the database of the server service on the wide area network;

Be used to examine and assess the device of buying;

Be used to screen and the latent supply merchant's that classifies device; With

Be used for the device that one of at least the latent supply merchant is carried out prequalification with previous process of exchange and weighting score.

30. as the system of claim 29, the wherein said device that is used to purchase comprises:

The competitve bidding process.

31. as the system of claim 30, the wherein said device that is used for management contract comprises:

Be used for specific aim and responsible bid are done the device of detailed evaluation of bids;

The device that is used for contract negotiation and agreement;

The device that is used for issue contract or purchase order;

The device that is used to arrange the delivery progress of product and supervises the progress of payment;

Be used for finally changing the device of payment, ending item and the final payment of product or service;

Be used to provide the device of statistics management.

32. an automatic mode that is used to purchase with resource management comprises:

From search for a plurality of industries or market department, solicit commodity or service one of at least;

Form a bid bag according to collected information;

According to a contract or purchase order between buyer and sellers of this bid packet generation;

Handle the payment between buyer and the sellers;

The commodity between management buyer and the sellers or the delivery progress of service.

33. an automatic mode that is used to purchase with resource management comprises:

Generate the general website of transferring the particular category buyer;

Generate buyer's specific website of the buyer who transfers particular category;

Generate sellers' specific website of the sellers that transfer particular category;

Wherein all websites are arranged make the website in the content of basic layer and expression by standardization, and further revised to serve at least one specific attribute of at least one industry.

34. a system that is used to provide the space of a whole page of the direct dealing between buyer and the sellers comprises:

Be used to provide a buyer on the website directly and the device of the space of a whole page of concluding the business of the sellers on another website;

Be used to provide the device of the space of a whole page that a buyer on the website directly concludes the business with a plurality of sellers, wherein each sellers is positioned at different websites;

Be used to provide the device of the space of a whole page that the sellers on the website directly conclude the business with a plurality of buyers, wherein each buyer is positioned at different websites;

Be used to provide a ultimate purchaser on the website directly with another website on the device of final sales person by the sellers in the middle of at least one and the space of a whole page that buyer concludes the business in the middle of at least one, wherein each middle sellers is with middle buyer or be positioned at different websites or be positioned at identical website.

35. the system as claim 34 also comprises:

Be used to provide a buyer on the website directly be positioned at the device that a plurality of sellers on a plurality of different web sites carry out the space of a whole page of many levels transaction, wherein sellers become the next one buyer of low level more who is positioned at other sellers on other different web sites; With

Wherein can transaction be divided into a plurality of littler transaction for the some different sellers that are positioned on some different web sites.

36. the system as claim 35 also comprises:

Be used to provide at least one buyer and sellers device at the space of a whole page of concluding the business with a central web site.